{"product_id":"a-history-of-economic-thought-the-lse-lectures-9780691070148","title":"A History of Economic Thought: The Lse Lectures","description":"\u003cp\u003eLionel Robbins's now famous lectures on the history of economic thought comprise one of the greatest accounts since World War II of the evolution of economic ideas. This volume represents the first time those lectures have been published. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lord Robbins (1898-1984) was a remarkably accomplished thinker, writer, and public figure. He made important contributions to economic theory, methodology, and policy analysis, directed the economic section of Winston Churchill's War Cabinet, and served as chairman of the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e. As a historian of economic ideas, he ranks with Joseph Schumpeter and Jacob Viner as one of the foremost scholars of the century. These lectures, delivered at the London School of Economics between 1979 and 1981 and tape-recorded by Robbins's grandson, display his mastery of the intellectual history of economics, his infectious enthusiasm for the subject, and his eloquence and incisive wit. They cover a broad chronological range, beginning with Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas, focusing extensively on Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus and the classicals, and finishing with a discussion of moderns and marginalists from Marx to Alfred Marshall. Robbins takes a varied and inclusive approach to intellectual history. As he says in his first lecture: I shall go my own sweet way--sometimes talk about doctrine, sometimes talk about persons, sometimes talk about periods. The lectures are united by Robbins's conviction that it is impossible to understand adequately contemporary institutions and social sciences without understanding the ideas behind their development. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Authoritative yet accessible, combining the immediacy of the spoken word with Robbins's exceptional talent for clear, well-organized exposition, this volume will be welcomed by anyone interested in the intellectual origins of the modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lionel Robbins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.19h x 6.10w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691070148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLionel Robbins\u003c\/b\u003e taught at the London School of Economics from 1929 to 1961, directed the economic section of the British War Cabinet during World War II, and served as Chairman of the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e from 1961 until 1970. His best known work is \u003ci\u003eAn Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science.\u003c\/i\u003e He became a life peer in 1959 and a Companion of Honour in 1968. \u003cb\u003eSteven G. Medema\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado at Denver. He is the editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of Economic Thought\u003c\/i\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eRonald H. Coase\u003c\/i\u003e, and the coauthor, with Nicholas Mercuro, of \u003ci\u003eEconomics and the Law\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton). \u003cb\u003eWarren J. Samuels\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Economics at Michigan State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Classical Theory of Economic Policy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Economy as a Process of Valuation\u003c\/i\u003e and coedits \u003ci\u003eResearch in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology\u003c\/i\u003e with Jeff E. Biddle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40087125327987,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_04d02ff3-5e31-447f-a631-0f8e45d164ae.jpg?v=1652538296","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-history-of-economic-thought-the-lse-lectures-9780691070148","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}